Commercial Legal Counsel

• Are you interested in intellectual property licensing in gaming and esports?

• Do you have experience or interest in the use of data in betting and integrity settings?

• Do you have an interest in esports and gaming?

• Does working in a fast-paced legal environment excite you?

• Do you have a strong sense of ownership and the ability to work with commercial stakeholders in a business setting?

• Are you familiar with European Law?

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then this role could be ideal for you!

GRID is looking for a Commercial Legal Counsel to join our legal team and support the day-to-day legal operations in a fast-moving environment. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you’ll be involved in a wide range of legal work spanning commercial, regulatory, compliance, and IP matters You’ll work across all teams, commercial, partnerships, product and operations, advising on contracts, risk, and best practices.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate on a wide range of commercial and legal agreements with world-leading rightsholders and the distribution of GRID data to downstreaming customers in media, betting and product applications

• Advise business teams on legal and regulatory issues in betting, IP data rights protection

• Work closely with the esports services team for legal contracts for the CCT Tour esports series of tournaments

• Coordinate with external counsel on specialist or local matters

• Help scale legal operations by improving templates, workflows, and processes

Your skills will include

• Legally qualified in a European, UK, or US jurisdiction, with a willingness to advise on international legal matters and cross-border issues while working with external counsel

• Excellent English and attention to detail

• Have an understanding of or be willing to learn about betting-related licensing and compliance matters

• An interest and understanding of esports or gaming

• An interest in intellectual property

• Have a practical mindset

• Being organised, diligent and reliable

Benefits of working at GRID

• 28+ days paid time off

• It’s Complicated - mental health support

• Flexible working conditions

• Company and team-wide events

• Work travel opportunities with travel insurance

• Training and development budget

• Company equipment

• Language courses, when based in our offices

• Gym/ workout class membership when based in our offices

About our culture

• Flexibility: Work from the place that inspires and motivates you the most! From our awesome Berlin/ Wroclaw offices to the comfort of your own home. Meet up in person with your colleagues every so often, making use of the travel opportunities GRID offers

• Sustainability: We want our employees to be rested and able to perform. We offer a generous vacation allowance (28+ days a year) and the opportunity to speak with professional counselors to support mental health - covered by the business

• Pragmatic: GRID thrives on being rational, allowing us to make the best decisions rather than keeping to rigid processes and procedures that don’t work well for us

• Fostering growth: Empowering employees who are determined to grow by providing a self-development budget and strong career advancement opportunities. Support from your teammates to guide and encourage you to grow in your desired professional field

• Company culture: We believe a diverse industry is best served with an inclusive and diverse workforce. We have people based in over 24 countries, with recent employee surveys showing over 98% workplace satisfaction

About GRID

Founded in 2018 in Berlin, GRID offers the GRID Data Platform to the esports & games industry.  Specializing in in-game and play-by-play data, GRID curates data for game developers and tournament organizers and leverages its data platform to unlock the potential of the right holders’ data assets for the purposes of storytelling, fan engagement, and integrity.

GRID’s official data partnerships cover multiple partnered rights holders (data sources) and integrated commercial data consumers, covering 15+ game titles. Our exclusive data partners include the likes of Riot Games, Ubisoft, Krafton, Moonton, BLAST, PerfectWorld, Hero Esports and CCT.

If you have the ambition and desire to work at the forefront of cutting-edge industry projects, then GRID is the place for you.

Apply today to find out more and begin your journey!